3 Week Road Trip, Brisbane to Cairns

In June, my family came to visit & we wanted to do a Queensland road trip from Brisbane to Cairns and make sure we visited the highlights.

My dad booked an Airbnb for the first few nights in Brisbane and then we had to plan the best way to Cairns. (To get £25 off your first booking with Airbnb, click here). We had a few pencil attempts but we wanted to make sure the dates lined up really well & this is what we came up with.

*This is not the road trip we ended up doing, we ended up doing a Brisbane to Airlie Beach round trip instead. This is a road trip we were thinking of doing.*

Itinerary

Day 1-5, Southbank Brisbane (Airbnb)

Day 5-8, Noosa

Day 8-10, Hervey Bay including a day trip to Fraser Island

Day 10-11, Rockhampton

Day 11-12, Mackay

Day 12-13, Airlie Beach

Day 13-15, Catamaran on the Whitsundays Islands

Day 15-17, Townsville including a day trip to Magnetic Island

Day 17-21, Cairns including day trips to the Atherton Tablelands & Cape Tribulation

Day 21, fly back to Brisbane!

This itinerary might need to be adapted to suit your dates, especially if booking the boat trip on the Whitsundays as they do not usually depart every day but a few times per week.